Raising the state pension age appears to be the biggest sticking point for the incoming cabinet. There is considerable opposition to the move. But maintaining the current situation is particularly attractive for the...
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All political parties want to solve today's problems: invest in housing, invest in the military, invest in nitrogen solutions. But in the future there will be new problems, such as an aging population. So why doesn't any party invest in sound public finances?....
More money to defense and cuts in health care. Those are the broad outlines of the Central Planning Bureau's run-through of political parties' plans. But what does the small print say?
In the run-up to the Lower House elections, Hollands Welvaren interviews electable politicians who know about money. What are their plans? How do we keep the Netherlands prosperous? Do they want a bigger government that provides more...
The government redistributes more than 200 billion euros to its citizens every year. That makes the Netherlands the most equally wealthy country in the world. But the strain is really off now....
Calls are growing for a National Investment Bank. With it, 100 billion euros could be invested in the Dutch economy. But the Netherlands already abounds in solid banks; what is missing are dúrfinvesteringen....